Championed for breaking down application silos, service-oriented architecture can also bridge two IT islands, business processes and telecommunications. <A HREF="http://searchsoa.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid26_gci1281968,00.html?track=sy80&asrc=RSS_RSS-8_80">IBM and Nortel Networks are unveiling joint SOA technology</A> that links business processes, such as scheduling and project management, with the latest in telecommunications including mobile phones.